Chapter 6

Phonetic exercises

1. A) Transcribe the next words from the chapter:

Tragedy; carnivorous; giant; courageous; apeman; disappeared; civilization; familiar; unconscious; blood; opposite; threw.

b) Read them aloud

Work on vocabulary

2. Find in the chapter the English for:

Плотоядный; отважный; горящий факел; был покрыт; бояться; по моему; пытаться; взбираться на дерево; на некотором расстоянии; нарисовать карту; недостающее звено; слишком возбуждён; край озера; пора было возвращаться; треск; унюхать; быть в ловушке.

3. Use one of the words or word-combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap:

burning to try to be very tired at least to be unconscious in one's opinion carnivorous to be covered with on the ground in the distance giant to disappear a trap to smell to be familiar courageous

1. We _______very ________ from our adventures.

2. Some __________dragon has killed an iguanodon.'

3. Some ________creature was coming towards our camp.

4. Then he did something incredibly__________.

5. He picked up a _________torch from the fire.

6. It _______ all _______with blood.

7. The next day, we found pieces of iguanodon_________.

8. _________,' said Professor Challenger, 'that horrible creature was an Allosaurus.'

9. 'Perhaps you're right,' answered Challenger, 'but first we must ________make a map of Maple White Land.'

10. It made angry noises at me, but then it _________quickly.

11. __________I saw a lake. Then I drew a map of Maple White Land.

12. 'No,' said Summerlee, 'we must leave this land. Now we have the map, we can _________to return to civilization.'

13. I heard the sound of a large animal walking very near me. I saw it. It ________very __________to me.

14. I _________for a few minutes. When I woke up, I ________something horrible.

15. I was ina _________for dinosaurs, ________made by humans!

4. Study these expressions with to be and make up the sentences of your own using them:

to be tired

to be covered with smth.

to be afraid of smth.

to be surprised at smth.

to be right

to be shocked

to be excited

to be familiar to smb.

to be terrified

to be alone

5. Match the adjectives on the left with the nouns on the right:

1. horrible a) torch

2. carnivorous b) link

3. giant c) village

4. burning d) cries

5. future e) creature

6. larger f) lake

7. high g) face

8. incredible h) mountains

9. angry i) neck

10. missing j) moon

11. central k) expedition

12. bright l) plans

13. long m) dragon

14. deep n) noises

15. nearest o) hole